Poem-a-Day
Poem-a-Day is the original, daily poetry series featuring new poems by today’s poets. Produced by the Academy of American Poets, this free digital series is made possible by you, our readers and listeners. Theme music by Kat Rejsek. Audio engineering by Thea Matthews. Learn more about Poem-a-Day and, if you can, please consider supporting this series by making a gift at poets.org/give.
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Kayla "AluTru" Steward: "Anthills"
5 min
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Alero "The Mimz" Ogisi: "Past Present & Future"
6 min
253
Jada Renée Allen: "Drill"
5 min
254
Joy Priest: "The Black Outside"
3 min
255
Jeanne D’Orge: "Matins"
2 min
256
Edna St. Vincent Millay: "[Say what you will, a...
4 min
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Jan Mandell: "Ode to Aging Bodies"
3 min
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Alafia Nicole Sessions: "Fable with Cyst, Celes...
3 min
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Sin à Tes Souhaits: "On Crip"
4 min
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Jayson P. Smith: "on fathers & swords"
3 min
261
Sam Sax: "My Hole. My Whole."
3 min
262
Wallace Stevens: "Peter Quince at the Clavier"
6 min
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Dorothy Parker: "Incurable"
3 min
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Ajanaé Dawkins: "How to Witness a Miracle Witho...
3 min
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Tameka Cage Conley: "Kin: First Responders"
4 min
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Nabila Lovelace: "Sojourned."
4 min
267
Tish Jones: "There Was No Sun in the Room"
2 min
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Bernardo Wade: "The Hymn"
2 min
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Robert Frost: "Acceptance"
3 min
270
Karle Wilson Baker: "Bluebird and Cardinal"
6 min
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Chandler Peters-Durose: "Rest stop"
2 min
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Desdamona: "Once and Future"
3 min
273
Farah Habad: "And out of the ashes"
3 min
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Kyle Tran Myhre: "When it Really is Just the Wi...
5 min
275
Ty Chapman: "Alone in bed thinking about anothe...
2 min